Coin-displayer.



No. 790,108. I PATENTED MAY 16, 1905.

J. P. GLEAL. A

COIN DISPLAYER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 28,1897.

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COIN DISPLAYER.

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PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH I. CLEAL, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

COIN-DISPLAYER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 790,108, dated May 16, 1905.

Application filed April 28, 1897. Serial No. 634,229.

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Be it known that I, JosErH P. OLEAL, aciti- Zen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Ooin-Displayers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention.

My improvement relates to a coin-displayer for autographic and other registers. In the attached drawings I have shown it as applied to a machine like that patented to J. Pfeifer, No. 491,784, February 14, 1893. However, my invention is not limited to use in connection with any particular style or kind of machine. The only requisite is that there be a moving member to actuate the hinged member of the coin-displayer to drop the money into a cash-drawer or other receptacle.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention as applied to a so-called desk autographic register. Fig. 2 is a top plan of the machine with the cover or top removed. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the same.

As a large number of machines are now in use like that to which in the drawings my invention is shown as applied, and, moreover, as these machines are fully described in the patent to Ifeifer, before referred to, a specific description will be omitted here.

The case A of the autographic register is provided with a hinged top B, to which is secured the plate (3, bearing the series of keys l), which constitute a combination-lock to control the operating-lever E. The plate C is provided with a transverse slot (1, just beneath which passes the paper strip. The operatinglever is rigidly secured upon the right-hand end of the transverse shaft f, which is supported in journals in the side frames f. The storage-roll F is mounted upon the shaft f and turns freely in one direction, being restrained from movement in the opposite direction by the ratchet-wheel F secured to the storage-roll at the right-hand end thereof and with which cooperates a tooth carried by the arm E. The usual paper record-strip F passes from the supply-roll F under the usual pivoted tension-frame F, then over the writing-tablet F", and, finally, to the receiving-roll F in the usual manner. The drawer-lock lever G is of the well-known type, being pivoted between its ends in a separate frame G, which is secured to the partition G which separates the cash-drawer compartment from the upper compartment, in which the operating mechanism is located. Pivoted to the rear end of the drawer-lock lever is a vertically-extending bolt which cooperates with a suitable bracket 9, carried by the cash-drawer, and is so arranged that as the cash-drawer is pushed in the bolt is gradually raised until finally a hole in the bracket comes beneath the bolt, which immediately slips therein and locks the drawer from movement until the operatinghandle E is again actuated. The forwardlyextending curved supporting-arm H is secured at its rear end upon the left-hand end of the transverse shaft f, and the upwardly extending front end of the drawer-lock lever Gr normally rests just under the said supporting-arm I-I, (shown in Fig. 3,) from which it is apparent that when the releasing-lever E is moved forward the arm H, being connected rigidly therewith, will be moved downward, thereby depressing the front end of the drawer-lock lever and raising the bolt g to release the drawer, which a spring then throws open.

\Vith the exception of the supporting-arm H the machine asI have thus far described it is old and well known, and my present invention consists, specifically, in applying to a machine of this class a coin-displayer. which after a sale has been made will permit the money to be keptin view until the succeeding sale or transaction is recorded, when it is dropped in the cash-drawer or other receptacle.

In a machine equipped with my invention the proceeds of the last-recorded transaction should always be visible. To this end a suitable opening is cut in the lid of the register, and to the lid and covering the opening thus made is secured a plate I, in which are two openings, the larger of which, 2', is closed by a glass plate. .The smallerclongated opening vi is guarded bya plate I, hinged transversely to the under side of the plateI and extending forwardly across the opening a" and provided with aserrated front edge '5 shown. A spring 2' operates to hold the hinged plate in a position to normally close the opening a", as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, from which it will be readily seen that coins or other articles may be readily dropped through the opening as the hinged plate would swing downward to permit it, but it would be practically impossible to abstract articles from the receptacle beneath the face-plate I by inserting the fingers or other implements through the elongated slot, as the serrated edges of the hinged plate would seriously interfere with any such proceeding, as may be readily understood.

When a coin or bill representing the proceeds of a sale is dropped through the orifice 21, it falls upon a tilting platform J, which is hinged along its right-hand edge in the vertical side of the rectangular frame K, which is secured to the partition G as shown in Fig. 8 of the drawings, and an opening is cut through the partition corresponding in size to the internal dimensions of the rectangular frame K and forming a chute, so that if the platform J be tilted downward the coin or bill resting thereupon will be dropped into the cash-drawer G, which is directly below.

The stop 70, secured to the frame K, limits the upward movement of the tilting platform, which is only supported against downward movement by the laterally-extendingsupporting-finger /z, which is carried by the supporting-arm H, and it is apparent that whenever the supporting-arm is thrown downward the platform will tilt of its own weight to drop the coin or bill into the cash-drawer. The supporting-arm H is moved downward by a forward movement of the operating-lever E, as before explained, but as soon as the said lever is released the spring it returns the drawer-lock lever to normal position and so moves up the arm H, which in turn restores the tilting platform to normal position.

A great ad vantage of the construction that I have just described is the fact that it is easy to adjust the parts so that the platform J shall be tilted and the drawer released at the same instant, as will be more fully referred to.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The amount of the last sale is written upon the strip of paper through the slot 0 in the plate 0. Then the operating-lever E is moved forward, which releases the drawer and tilts the platform J, so that the proceeds of the previously-recorded sale are dropped into the cash-drawer as the latter passes out of the machine. The operating-lever is then released and permitted to resume its normal position, whereupon the tilting platform returns to normal position, asalready described, whereupon the proceeds of the sale just recorded may be dropped through the narrow slot in the plate I upon the tilting platform and be there displayed until the operatinghandle is again actuated. that the coin or bills thus dropped into the cash-drawer be inaccessible to the clerk or other person operating the machine; at the same time it is necessary that the clerk or other operator have access to part of the cashdrawer to change a coin or bill when necessary. To this end I have provided means by which when the lever E is moved the drawer may be opened far enough to give access to the front compartments, but not far enough to give access to the rear compartments in which is carried the money dropped through the coin-displayer. The latter cannot be removed unless the lid be raised, which can only be done .by the proprietor or other person having the key. Fig. 2 shows the device for this purpose, which consists of a springpressed plunger L, which is vertically movable in brackets Z, secured to the inner side of the front of the machine. When the lid is raised, the force of the spring is sufficient to raise the bolt above the level of the top of the case to the position shown in broken lines in Fig. 3, and the lower end of the bolt will be raised sufficiently to permit the cash-drawer to pass entirely out of the machine. When the lid is closed, it strikes the bolt and forces it down, so that its lower end projects into one of the forward compartments of the cash-drawer, and if the drawer be then released the partition Gr between the drawer-compartments will contact with the bolt and prevent the drawer from being opened further until the lid is raised. The purpose, of course, is to carry sufficient coin or bills in the forward compartments to enable the clerks to make any necessary amount of change; but as the proprietor alone will have a key he is the only one that can unlock and raise the lid of the It is important register and permit the drawer to open far enough to get access to the proceeds of the days business previously dropped through the coin-displayer.

It will readily be seen that while the plunger L acts as a stop to prevent the drawer being drawn out so as to reach the rear receptacle it also prevents the withdrawal of the drawer from the casing irrespective of the rear receptacle unless the cover is open.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination with a suitable casing, of a tilting platform pivoted therein. a drawer, means for automatically opening the drawer when it is released, a drawer-lock, a hand operating-lever, a support which extends beneath the said platform to support it in position, and devices connecting the drawer-lock, support and operating-lever whereby the actuation of the latter will release the drawer and allow the platform to tilt.

2. The combination with a suitable casing, a

cash-drawer normally locked within the lower portion of the same, means for automatically openingsaid drawer when itis released, a chute leading downward into said drawer from the top of the casing, a platform pivoted in said chute so as to normally close the same, a pivoted hand-lever arranged to be operated from the outside of the casing and provided with a support for the platform and a latch for the cash-drawer operated by said lever.

3. The combination with a pivoted tilting platform, of a cash-drawer, means for automatically opening said drawer when it is released, a lock for said drawer, a lever for operating said look, a hand operating-lever adapted to operate said lock-lever, and an arm also adapted to be operated by the said operating lever and having a supporting-finger which extends below and normally supports the tilting platform.

at. ln a desk autographie register, the combination with a suitable easing having a movable top, of a drawer in said casing, and devices for preventing the drawer being removed from the casing as long as the top remains closed but not preventing the drawer being partly opened.

The combination with acasing, of a movable cover for the same, a cash-drawer having separated compartments, and a movable stop for the cash-drawer controlled by said cover and permitting the exposure of only one compartment of the drawer when the cover is closed and the exposure of all the compartments when the cover is open.

6. The combination with a casing, of a movable cover for the same, a drawer in said cas ing. and devices for preventing the drawer being entirely removed from the casing as long as the cover remains closed but not preventing a partial opening movement of said drawer.

7. The combination with a casing, of a movable cover for the same, a drawer in said casing, and devices for preventing the drawer being altogether removed from the casing as long as the cover remains closed without interfering with the regular opening and closing movements of the drawer.

8. The combination with a suitable casing having a movable top, of a drawer in said easing, a movable device for limiting the movements of said drawer held in position by the top, and means for automatically disengaging said device from the drawer when the movable top is open to release said device.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH P. GLEAL.

\Vitnesses:

ALvAN MAOAULEY, PEARL N. SIGLER. 

